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SMALL INTESTINAL INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA SECONDARY TO A MIGRATING WIRE FOREIGN BODY IN A DOG
Author(s) -
Padalkar Mukul,
Savage Mason,
Cohen Eli B.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/vru.12485
Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory laparotomy , duodenum , jejunum , hematoma , foreign body , labrador retriever , vomiting , anatomy , laparotomy , surgery , histopathology , segmental resection , resection , pathology
A 12‐year‐old spayed female Labrador retriever was presented for a 5‐day history of vomiting and inappetence. Radiographic findings included poor peritoneal serosal contrast, segmental small intestinal dilation, and multiple linear, metal opaque, intestinal and peritoneal wire foreign bodies. Sonographic findings included septated, hypoechoic, mural expansion of the distal duodenum and jejunum; and an intramural, thin, linear hyperechogenicity with distal acoustic shadowing consistent with a foreign body. Exploratory laparotomy was performed with resection of the affected distal duodenum and proximal jejunum. Histopathology of the excised segment confirmed an intramural hematoma. This case represents an uncommon complication of migrating wire foreign bodies.